Phoenix Suns coach Frank Vogel has a fond memory of Manute Bol from when he fell in love with basketball. Vogel said his first ever pro athlete autograph as a 12-year-old in 1985 came when he ...

NBA star and Sudan activist dies before completing dream of building schools. June 22, 2010— -- Basketball legend Manute Bol's dream of building schools in Sudan to unify the warring ethnic ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Manute Bol, a lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday. He was 47. Bol died at the ...

Manute Bol, who is best known for his NBA career and unusual height, but who dedicated years of his life and much of his earnings to humanitarian work in his native Sudan, died this weekend at the age ...